Open call for tenders, deadline 27th December, 2006 for construction of the suburban railway access to Madrid Barajas airport. The project encompasses a 8.8 km line between Chamartin station and terminal T-4 of the airport, that will provide a fast connection in five minutes between both points. The contract forms the main part of the access (6.9 km) and complements the 1.9 km section that ADIF has under construction as part of the refurbishment of Chamartin station. The existing Hortaleza dual track, about 3 km long, will have to be doubled up to the M-40 junction. The underground access to Barajas, which is 3.950 m long, starts from the M-40. After Valdebebas Park, the path reaches in tunnel the future station at the new terminal T-4. Read E-News Weekly 44/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=227036-2006, OJ S 212, or contact the Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 49/06.A JV formed by Ferrovial Agroman and Azvi has clinched a EUR109.5 million deal to build a new suburban line to Madrid Barajas airport. The time frame for construction is 34 months. The length of the new airport access, between Chamartin station and Terminal T-4, will be 8.8 km. The contract represents the main part of the line, 6.9 km in all, and complements the contract currently implemented by ADIF in the first 1.9 km, as part of the complete refurbishment of the north area at Chamartin station. The new infrastructure is divided in two sections. The first section will quadruplicate the twin-track railway in Hortaleza, on an approximate length of 2,200 metres running from the junction with the upgrading works commissioned by ADIF in the north area of Chamartin station to the crossing with the M-40 motorway. On this section, a station will be built in Manotera, at the crossing of the new suburban line with the Pinar de Chamartin-Sanchinarro-Las Tablas tram line. The station will also make the area more accessible and provide and intermodal interchange between the two transport means.The second section is a new dual track, fully underground. The tunnel length is 4.7 kilometres, whereof 2 km will be built using cut-and-cover methods and 2.7 km mining method. On this section there will be a crossing under the Valdebebas Park roundabout and a station in Valdebebas. It is a subterranean station situated in the area concentrating an extension of the Juan Carlos I trade fair, the Real Madrid sports facilities and the Campus of Justice. After Valdebebas Park, the line crosses in tunnel the La Plata stream. There, channelling of the waters is planned to facilitate the crossing. From there on, the line will travel in a mined tunnel, until the crossing with the north-south axis and the airport authority's land, connecting finally from south with diaphragm walls already built at the south head of Barajas station. Visit www.ferrovial.com and www.azvi.es 11/07.GPO Ingenierí­a secured a EUR2.3 million contract for on-site supervision for the suburban rail line to Madrid Barajas airport. Click es/137. Visit www.gpo.es 12/07.GPO Ingenierí­a scooped a contract to supervise and manage the construction of a railway access to Madrid Barajas airport. GPO's tasks consist in supervising and controlling the works, until the end of the project scheduled in end 2009. The 8.8 km scheme from Chamartin station to Terminal T4 includes a 4.7 km tunnel and three stations. The project's cost amounts to EUR162 million. The new line will connect Madrid's city centre with Terminal T4 in 11 minutes from Chamartin, included stops in the stations. Click es/137. Visit www.gpo.es 28/08.